BARDSTOWN, Ky. (LEX 18) — A man charged in the disappearance of Crystal Rogers in Bardstown is appealing a decision by a Nelson Circuit judge where a motion to reduce his bond was denied.
Houck is charged with murder and tampering with evidence in the 2015 disappearance of Crystal Rogers in Bardstown. He entered a not-guilty plea at his arraignment.
Houck's team filed a motion to reduce his bond of $10 million to $500,000 in full cash. On Monday, Nelson Circuit Judge Charles C. Simms III denied the motion, according to court documents. The judge also ordered that an audio recording and an FBI manuscript of an alleged conversation Houck and his sister, Rhonda McIlvoy, be sealed.
The appeal is being taken to the Kentucky Court of Appeals, according to court documents.
Rogers was reported missing in July of 2015. Since then, the family of the 35-year-old mother of five has hoped for answers, and the search has gained national attention.
Houck was Rogers’ boyfriend and the father of one of her children.
Joseph Lawson, 32, is also charged in the case. He’s charged with conspiracy to commit murder and complicity to tampering with evidence.
Little information has been released about what’s thought to have occurred the night Rogers disappeared or how Lawson and Houck might be connected.
